Suffocates Synonyms and Antonyms

Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. smothers
  2. strangles
  3. stifles
  4. chokes
  5. throttles
  6. suppresses
  7. asphyxiates
  8. kills
  9. drowns
  10. destroys
  11. gags
Antonyms:
  1. frees
  2. looses
Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. chokes
Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. chokes
  2. asphyxiates
  3. stifles
Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. asphyxiates
  2. stifles

Suffocates Sentence Examples

  • If a soil is too compacted, the roots of the plants don't get enough air and the plant literally suffocates.

  • He kills his victim by rolling himself round the body till he breaks its ribs, or suffocates it by one irresistible convolution round its throat.

  • Some hair vitamin companies claim that lack of iron actually suffocates your scalp, sothat when you're anemic, your blood can't deliver enough oxygen to keep your hair healthy.